Dr. Bernatchez received his PhD from the Montreal Heart Institute and University of Montreal in 2002. His Mentor was Dr. Martin Sirois, with whom hetrained in the field of endothelial biology, angiogenesis, permeability and restenosis. Dr. Bernatchez received multiple awards for his PhD dissertation,including distinctions from the Academy of Great Montrealers and ADESAQ (Association des doyennes et des doyens des études supérieures auQuébec), to name a few. After a short stint at Harvard University, he trained In the laboratory of Professor William Sessa at Yale University where he wasa Canadian Institutes of Health Research-, Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada- and American Heart Association-supported fellow. He returned toCanada in 2007 as a Scholar of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada and the Michael Smith Foundationfor Health Research and a junior faculty at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. He leads 2 research laboratories at St. Paul’s Hospital andPoint Grey Campus that focus on lipid and cholesterol abnormalities in muscular dystrophy, as well as endothelial function in atherosclerosis, Marfansyndrome, aortopathies and diabetes. As a Fellow of the American Heart Association (FAHA; 2020), Genetic Aortic Disorder Association (GADA) Canada(2022) and recipient of a Jain Foundation Contribution award (2024) for his pioneering discovery in the field of limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type2B/R2, he leads a UBC-funded research excellence cluster called AATHEN – the Advanced Angiotensin Therapeutics Network – a drug discoveryincubator at UBC. He sits on the executive of the Canadian Society of Pharmacology & Therapeutics, the Heart & Stroke Foundation of Canada as wellas the Canadian Society of Atherosclerosis, Thrombosis & Vascular Biology and Montalcino Aortic Consortium.

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endothelium, Atherosclerosis, Diabetes, Nitric Oxide, Marfan, Aortopathies, Aneurysm, Cholesterol, Muscular Dystrophy

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PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=bernatchez+p&sort=date

Pharmacotherapy of heritable aortic diseases, Clinical trials, Dyslipidemias and Muscle diseases.

Director, PCTH Graduate program

PCTH, MEDD, PATH and MEDG